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Father says daughter was left to die off Swamp Rabbit Trail

The father of a 24-year-old woman who was missing for several days before she was found in a ravine off the Swamp Rabbit Trail said his daughter was placed there and left to die.

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Updated: 11:27 PM EDT Oct 20, 2014

Father says daughter was left to die off Swamp Rabbit Trail

The father of a 24-year-old woman who was missing for several days before she was found in a ravine off the Swamp Rabbit Trail said his daughter was placed there and left to die.

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Updated: 11:27 PM EDT Oct 20, 2014

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WEBVTT WE BEGIN WITH CONTINUING COVERAGE .... OF A WOMAN ... FOUND IN A BRIAR PATCH ... DAYS AFTER SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING. KIMARA HUGHEY WAS FOUND ALIVE ALONG THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAIL. HER FATHER SAYS SHE WAS TAKEN THERE...AND LEFT FOR DEAD. AND HER FAMILY WANTS JUSTICE. WYFF NEWS FOUR'S LIZ LOHUIS IS LIVE AND LOCAL IN GREENVILLE WITH THE VERY LATEST. LIZ? I'M LIVE HERE AT THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHERE INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL LOOKING INTO THE CASE OF KIMARA HUGHEY. NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY...BUT HUGHEY'S FAMILY IS HOPING THAT WILL SOON CHANGE. <if they hadn't heard her screaming we might not have gotten her back." LAWRENCE GAUNT SAY HE CAN'T THANK THESE RUNNERS ENOUGH...FOR HELPING HIM REUNITE WITH HIS 24-YEAR- OLD DAUGHTER...WHO HAD BEEN MISSING FOR DAYS. THE RUNNERS HEARD KIMARA HUGHEY CALL FOR HELP SATURDAY...FROM THE WOODS. <"she had a strong will to live because she knew she had been left there to die." GAUNT SAYS FOR DAYS HIS DAUGHTER CRAWLED THIS WOODED AREA...AND DRANK POND WATER TO SURVIVE. <"it's horrible. I've cried so much my tear ducts have gone empty." HE SAYS SHE HAS HUNDREDS OF SCRATCHES ON HER BODY. <"She is in massive pain. You touch her hand like this and she squeals out." HUGHEY'S FATHER SAYS HIS DAUGHTER TOLD THE FAMILY WHO DID THIS... HE DOESN'T WANT TO NAME THE PERSON...IN FEAR OF HAMPERING THE INVESTIGATION. <"she told me, 'I never believed anything like this would ever happen to me dad.' She said, 'I've never hurt anybody.'" GAUNT SAYS HE WANTS TO THE COMMUNITY TO BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING <"I want to make my case heard and her case known that she did not go wandering off high, drunk, anything like that. She did not get lost. She was taken there." NEWS 4 SPOKE WITH INVESTIGATORS THIS AFTERNOON...THEY SAY THEY CAN'T RELEASE MUCH INFORMATION RIGHT NOW...BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. DEPUTIES SAYS THEY DO NOT HAVE ANYONE IN CUSTODY... AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR THE PUBLIC IS IN ANY DANGER. GAUNT SAYS HE'LL BE PATIENT...BUT HE WANTS JUSTICE FOR DAUGHTER. <"I am relying on law enforcement to clear this up in a timely manner." INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO INTERVIEW HUGHEY AS HER CONDITION IMPROVES. MEANWHILE...HER FAMILY SAYS THEY STILL FEAR FOR HER SAFETY. "I THINK WE'RE READY." THAT

Father says daughter was left to die off Swamp Rabbit Trail

The father of a 24-year-old woman who was missing for several days before she was found in a ravine off the Swamp Rabbit Trail said his daughter was placed there and left to die.